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| | Benjamin Harrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Harrison was also known as the "centennial president" because his inauguration was the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. | | | Harrison appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States: | | | He was admitted to the bar and became reporter of the decisions of the state supreme court. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison
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| | Benjamin Harrison V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Harrison was a representative for Surry County, Virginia (1756 - 1758) and Charles City County (1766 - 1776) to the House of Burgesses. | | | Harrison lived all his life at Berkeley Plantation, the Harrison family home in Virginia, and his children were born there. | | | He was son of Benjamin Harrison IV and Anne Carter, and grandson of Robert Carter I; his cousin was the plantation owner Robert Carter. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V
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| | Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1901 |
| | Harrison was elected city attorney in 1857, appointed secretary for the Republican state committee in 1858, and was elected reporter for the state supreme court in 1860. | | | Harrison, however, was successful in his bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1881. | | | *HARRISON, BENJAMIN was born on August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio, the grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States. |
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http://www.indianainthecivilwar.com/hoosier/harriso.htm
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| | Benjamin Harrison - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta |
| | Harrison campaigned for Blaine, who was defeated in the presidential election by the Democratic governor of New York, Grover Cleveland. | | | Harrison continued to be active in the Senate, leading Republican assaults on President Cleveland. | | | Harrison's family name, his mastery of Indiana laws, and his membership in the new Republican Party led to his appointment as assistant city attorney. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/text_761564367___6/Benjamin_Harrison.html
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| | COL Benjamin Harrison |
| | Harrison County was named for Col. Benjamin Harrison, an early resident of Bourbon, the first Sheriff of that county, and its representative in the State at the time of the formation of Harrison County. | | | Harrison served as Colonel on a tour of active duty in the Militia of Westmoreland County during September 1782 for which certificate of public debt #2641 in the amount of £10.5.10 was issued under the Militia Loan of Apr. 1, 1784 (pay £9.7.6, bounty £0.18.4). | | | 1785 - Benjamin Harrison signed a petition to the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates of Virginia - Request of the inhabitants of the County of Fayette for a division of the county. |
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http://www.shawhan.com/benharrison.html
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| | President Benjamin Harrison |
| | Harrison was nominated for the position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be gan his experience as a stump speaker. | | | Benjamin Harrison was a member of the Continental Congress during the years 1774, 1775 and 1776, and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. | | | During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field, the Supreme Court declared the office of Supreme Court Reporter vacant, and another person was elected to the position. |
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http://history.rays-place.com/bios/pres/23-harrison.htm
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| | Welcome to The American Presidency |
| | Benjamin Harrison's father was John Scott Harrison (1809–1878), the only American to be the son of one president and the father of another. | | | Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901), 23d president of the United States. | | | Inaugurated 100 years after George Washington, Benjamin Harrison was known as the "Centennial President." He inherited a distinguished name. |
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http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0194650-00
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| | Colonial Hall: Biography of Benjamin Harrison |
| | Harrison was elected to the office of chief magistrate of Virginia, and became one of the most popular governors of his native state. | | | Harrison became connected by marriage with Elizabeth Bassett, daughter of Colonel William Bassett, of the county of New Kent, a niece to the sister of Mrs. | | | Harrison resigned his seat in congress, and returned to Virginia. |
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http://www.colonialhall.com/harrison/harrison.php
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| | Benjamin Harrison's Obituary |
| | Harrison was the daughter of John W. Scott, who was a professor in Miami University at the time of her birth and afterward became President of the Seminary in Oxford. | | | His father, John Scott Harrison, was the third son of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States and the grandson of Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. | | | Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third President of the United States, was born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, on Aug. 20, 1833. |
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http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/bh/bhobit.html
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| | Presidential Avenue: Benjamin Harrison |
| | Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. | | | His great-grandfather, Benjamin Harrison V, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a three-term governor of Virginia. | | | Benjamin Harrison, the last Civil War general to serve as president, died from pneumonia on March 13, 1901, at his home in Indianapolis. |
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http://www.presidentialavenue.com/bh.cfm
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | His father, John Scott Harrison was the son of William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States and the grandson of Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. | | | BENJAMIN HARRISON was born in his grandfather’s home in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio on August 20, 1833. | | | Harrison was nominated again for president at the conclusion of his term but was defeated by Grover Cleveland — the same man he had defeated four years before. |
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http://www.benjaminharrison.org
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| | President Benjamin Harrison: Health & Medical History |
| | Harrison was slender and wiry in childhood, but became chubby and square-shouldered [2a]. | | | Harrison's grandfather was President William Henry Harrison [4a], who died from pneumonia probably contracted during his inauguration cermemonies in foul weather. | | | Benjamin Harrison always felt he was pre-destined for the Presidency, but when the time for his inauguration came he "wore a complete armor of chamois under his suit. |
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http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g23.htm
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| | National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (Benjamin Harrison) |
| | Harrison was born in 1726 at his father's estate, Berkeley, in Charles City County, Va. He matriculated at the College of William and Mary, but left before graduating in 1745 upon the death of his father in order to assume management of the family plantation. | | | Benjamin Harrison, the most conservative of the Virginia signers except for Carter Braxton, was a member of one of the most prominent planter families in the South and was the fifth in a line of active politicians bearing the same name. | | | In 1777, the same year Harrison withdrew from Congress, he entered the lower house of the Virginia legislature, where he presided as speaker in the years 1778-81. |
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http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/declaration/bio16.htm
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| | James River Plantations: Berkeley - Between Richmond and Williamsburg |
| | Benjamin Harrison, son of the builder of Berkeley and the plantation's second owner, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and three-time Governor of Virginia. | | | William Henry Harrison, Benjamin's third son, born at Berkeley, was the famous Indian fighter known as "Tippecanoe," who later became the ninth President of the United States, in 1841. | | | His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President. |
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http://www.jamesriverplantations.org/Berkeley.html
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| | Benjamin Harrison Family |
| | Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and who was the father of General William Henry Harrison, President of the United States. | | | Another Harrison (Benjamin, 1673-1710, Surry County), was the great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison of Berkeley Plantation, who became President of the United States in 1840. | | | Benjamin, son of John Scott and Elizabeth, was born 8/20/1833, and died 3/13/1901. |
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http://wiki.a32.net/bin/qwiki.pl?BenjaminHarrisonFamily
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| | Indiana Historical Society |
| | The grandson of a former president, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison was an Ohio-born and educated attorney who began his legal practice in Indianapolis in 1854. | | | An official in the newly established Republican party during the 1850s, Harrison was elected reporter of the Indiana Supreme Court in 1860, a position he continued to fill while serving as an officer in the Civil War. | | | Defeated for reelection by his old foe Cleveland in 1892, Harrison returned to Indianapolis and a lucrative law practice. |
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http://www.indianahistory.org/pop_hist/people/benharrison.html
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | Harrison grew up on a farm called The Point, given to his father by his grandfather when the elder man was elected President. | | | From the end of the war until 1881, Harrison maintained his law practice, while continuing to be active in the Republican party. | | | Harrison supported the McKinely tariff Act of 1890. |
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http://www.multied.com/Bio/presidents/b_harrison.html
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States - Harrison, Benjamin, 1833–1901, 23d President of the United States (1889–93), b. | | | Benjamin Harrison - U.S. President, born 20 August 1833, President of the United States 1889-1893 | | | Benjamin HARRISON - HARRISON, Benjamin (1833—1901) Senate Years of Service: 1881-1887 Party: Republican HARRISON,... |
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| | 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison |
| | Harrison had both these qualifications, but the only other elected office he ever held was Reporter to the Supreme Court of Indiana. | | | In 1888, Harrison won the election against incumbent President Grover Cleveland, but in 1892, Harrison won the Republican nomination but lost the election to Cleveland. | | | Every successful Republican Presidential candidate from the end of the Civil War to 1900 served as an officer in the Union Army and was born in Ohio. |
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http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/presidents/23BH.htm
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| | White House Studies: The President Benjamin Harrison Home - Features: "Presidential Sites" |
| | Benjamin Harrison, who was the second of six children, was born on August 20, 1833, at the home of his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, in North Bend, Ohio. | | | He was named for his great-grandfather, Benjamin Harrison V, Governor of Virginia and signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. | | | Harrison opened a law practice, but struggled financially the first year, collecting $5 to prosecute a case, and supplementing his income as a court crier for $2.50 a day. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KVD/is_2_1/ai_82492373
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| | BENJAMIN HARRISON COLLECTION, 1853-1943 |
| | Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), twenty-third President of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio, the son of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin. | | | Mary Scott Harrison McKee was born 3 April 1858, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Lavinia Scott. | | | Mary Scott [Lord] Dimmick Harrison was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1858, the daughter of Russell Farnham Lord and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott. |
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| | Colorado Governor Benjamin Eaton |
| | Benjamin Harrison Eaton was born in Coshocton, Ohio, on December 15, 1833. | | | Politically, Benjamin Eaton was a Republican, fraternally, a Knight Templar Mason, and religiously a Methodist. | | | The political career of Benjamin Eaton began in 1866, when he was elected as Justice of the Peace. |
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http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/eaton.html
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| | Benjamin Harrison, |
| | Harrison attended school on his father's farm and graduated from Miami University in 1852. | | | One great grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence, his grandfather William Henry Harrison was the 9th President of the United States and his father was a member of the United States House of Representatives. | | | He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and practiced law in Indianapolis. |
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http://www.ohwy.com/us/b/bh.htm
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | Benjamin Harrison was born in Berkeley Virginia in 1726. | | | Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses, 1764; Member of the Continental Congress, 1774-77; Reelected to House of Burgesses, 1777, Selected as Speaker, 1778; Elected Governor of Virginia, 1782-84, 1791. | | | He was elected to the House of Burgesses at the age of 38. |
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/harrison.htm
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | This folk portrayal of Benjamin Harrison is a memento from his 1888 presidential campaign. | | | Much like his presidential grandfather William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison did not owe his White House nomination of 1888 to lustrous performances in lesser political offices. | | | As a result, he took little part in shaping the major congressional measures of his administration, including the landmark Sherman Antitrust Act. |
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http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/bharriss.htm
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| | President Benjamin Harrison Home, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| | The President Benjamin Harrison Foundation, Inc., a not for profit, tax-exempt organization, is dedicated to maintaining and preserving the President Benjamin Harrison Home as a museum and memorial to the only President of the United States elected from the State of Indiana. | | | The mission of the President Benjamin Harrison Foundation is to increase public understanding of, appreciation for, and participation in the American system of self government through the life stories of an American President. | | | Mary Lord and Benjamin had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1897. |
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http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1166881
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| | American President |
| | In the area of civil rights for African Americans, Harrison endorsed two bills designed to prevent southern states from denying African Americans the vote, and he appointed the great and eloquent former slave Frederick Douglass as minister to Haiti. | | | When the votes were tallied, Cleveland had received the larger number of popular votes, but Harrison had carried the Electoral College, thus giving Harrison the victory in the 1888 election. | | | When Harrison lost his bid for reelection in 1892 to Grover Cleveland, he had himself partly to blame. |
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http://www.americanpresident.org/history/benjaminharrison
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| | Administration of Benjamin Harrison |
| | Benjamin Harrison, the victor in the Election of 1888, focused his domestic policy on strengthening protectionism through the McKinley Tariff, but then attempted to satisfy other constituencies in the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and the Dependent Pension Act. | | | Harrison's strong reaction to the Homestead Steel strike undercut support and contributed to his loss to Grover Cleveland in the Election of 1892. | | | More books on Administration of Benjamin Harrison can be found at Barnes & Noble. |
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| | Harrison Administration: Vice President: Levi P. Morton of New York, Inauguration March 4, 1889, The Capital, Washington, D.C. Occupation after Presidency: Lawyer | | | Mary died in New York, New York, January 5, 1948, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. | | | Pre-Presidential Offices: Commissioner for the Court of Claims; City Attorney; Secretary of Indiana Republican Central Committee; State Supreme Court Reporter; Member of the U.S. Senate. |
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http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1115.html
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | He was named after his uncle, Dr. Benjamin Harrison, and his great-grandfather Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. | | | He was the first president to use electricity in the White House. | | | Harrison is the grandson of William Henry Harrison. |
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| | American Presidents: Life Portraits |
| | • Re-Air Of Ohio Presidents Segment On Benjamin Harrison From 12/16/95 Watch | | | • Re-air of LIVE programming from President Benjamin Harrison Home - Indianapolis, IN. | | | • Aug 20, 9:00 AM: LIVE from President Benjamin Harrison Home - Indianapolis, IN. |
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| | Fort Benjamin Harrison Historical Society |
| | In 1901, the year of his father's death and TR's rise to the Presidency, Benjamin Harrison's son learned of the new post to be constructed on its current grounds. | | | TR, whose vice-president was also a Hoosier, was given his first federal job by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889 who also signed into law the first forest preserves around Yellowstone National Park with his first use of the Land Revision Act of 1891. | | | state headquarters and other companies of men were also stationed at Fort Harrison. |
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http://www.msnusers.com/FortBenjaminHarrisonHistoricalSociety/homepage.msnw
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| | Benjamin Harrison |
| | Grandson of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Harrison was a colonel in the Civil War and a Senator from Indiana prior to becoming president. | | | He approved the Dependent Pension Act establishing funds for disabled Civil War veterans that Grover Cleveland had vetoed, set aside large appropriations for rivers and harbors, laid the groundwork for trade agreements with Latin America, and saw Congress pass the Sherman Silver Bill of 1890. | | | A gifted public speaker, Harrison was so cold on a personal level--obsessed with germs, he wore gloves when shaking hands--that he was nicknamed the "Human Iceberg." During Harrison's administration, six states were admitted to the Union. |
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/timeline/pres_era/3_706.html
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| | Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs > Benjamin Harrison autograph, letters, documents, manuscripts, signatures |
| | A scarce and revealing family letter from Benjamin Harrison, the Indiana lawyer and politician, written at the start of the year in which he would win election to the Presidency. | | | Addressing his daughter-in-law, Harrison displays his warmth and concern, remarking, "Your very pretty and very acceptable present should have been acknowledged sooner, but I believe Mrs. | | | I am sorry your Indiana parents [i.e., Harrison and his wife] are not millionaires - if they were you should have 'rings on your fingers and bells on your toes' – besides other more useful things. |
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http://www.barnesautographs.com/pages/inventory/harrison_b.htm
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| | Grover Cleveland defeats Benjamin Harrison in election (November) | | | Strike in Idaho - federal troops restore order (July) |
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| | The Avalon Project : Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison |
| | The Avalon Project : Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison | | | Each State will bring its generous contribution to the great aggregate of the nation's increase. | | | The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant. |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/harris.htm
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| | Bio, Purcell Benjamin H. |
| | FORT HOOD, Texas (Army News Service, April 20, 1998) -- The retired colonel grasps a hand in a firm, long handshake to compensate for the years when he had no human touch. | | | In that twinkling in February 1968, a helicopter in which he was a passenger during the Vietnam War was forced to crash land. | | | "In a literal twinkling of an eye, my lifestyle changed from a person of some consequence to one in which food, shelter, and life itself were uncertain," retired Col. Benjamin H. Purcell said to members of 13th Corps Support Command who were gathered for a prayer breakfast recently at Fort Hood. |
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http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/p/p075.htm
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| | Flickr: Photos from Benjamin Harrison |
| | Feeds for Benjamin Harrison's photostream Available as RSS 2.0 and Atom | | | View Benjamin Harrison's latest photos as a slideshow (New window |
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| | Indiana's State Parks & Reservoirs - Parks |
| | Landscape and history blend in a unique setting in northeast Indianapolis at Fort Harrison State Park. | | | The 1700-acre park features walking and jogging trails, picnic sites, fishing access to Fall Creek and two national historic districts. |
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http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/parks/ftharrison.html
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